Category: Arts
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Sat. March,3/20,2021: Rock Cellar & the Get Together Foundation Present ‘All Together Now – LA2,’ an All-Star Benefit Streaming Concert Event for COVID-19 Relief
SHARE. This coming Saturday, March 20, a host of celebrities, musicians, entertainers, and more will join forces for All Together Now – LA2, a very special online all-star concert event and telethon to raise money for coronavirus crisis relief. The concert will be a major and significant emergency relief effort helping residents of the Los Angeles…
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Set your calendars for ‘U2: The Virtual Road’, a series of four live shows with enhanced visuals and remastered audio, broadcast for the first time
U2: The Virtual Road Set your calendars for ‘U2: The Virtual Road‘, a series of four live shows with enhanced visuals and remastered audio, broadcast for the first time on the band’s YouTube channel. With all new and exclusive opening act performances from Dermot Kennedy, Fontaines D.C., Carla Morrison and Feu! Chatterton.https://www.youtube.com/embed/kH8-ULnn1uo Wednesday 17 March – U2 Go Home: Live…
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RISER Goes NationalWhy Not Theatre’s collaborative producing model expands to support more artists
RISER Goes NationalWhy Not Theatre’s collaborative producing modelexpands to support more artists,launching RISER Edmontonwith Common Ground Arts Society in February 2022 With generous support from the Government of Canada and the RBC Foundation, Why Not Theatre is embarking on a national expansion of RISER, starting in Edmonton in February 2022 and expanding into other Canadian cities in 2023. In partnership with Edmonton-based theatre…
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GRAMMY Nominated & Top 5 Charting Artist/Producer MALIKA TIROLIEN “GROW” Lands Alongside Sophomore Release, HIGHER — Available Now!
“Powerhouse vocals… Alluring compositions…” — JAZZ TIMES “Whether it’s on this big stage or an intimate club, Tirolian’s powerful commanding voice has incredible range, a warm tone, and remarkable control…” — NOISEY VICE GRAMMY Nominated & Top 5 Charting Artist/Producer MALIKA TIROLIEN Wants To ‘Grow’ ‘Higher’ with New Single & LP “GROW” Lands Alongside Sophomore…
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Synthpop Trio Church of Trees Call On Rough Trade’s Carole Pope & Spoons/Honeymoon Suite’s Rob Preuss for New Single
“Depeche Mode meets Rough Trade, and that’s a beautiful thing!” — Record Store Day Podcast “A scorching new single about our weariness with the lockdown” — Ottawa Life Magazine “This is fab! Hey, Canadian radio… Play this. Just… Play this!” — Blast the Radio As Heard On… CBC Radio’s The Strombo Show Synthpop Trio Church…
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JUNO NOMINATED “CROWN LANDS”UNLEASH TWO NEW TRACKS “CONTEXT: FEARLESS PT. 1” AND “RIGHT WAY BACK”A COLLAB WITH TRIAD OF LONG-TIME “RUSH”PRODUCERS.
JUNO NOMINATED CROWN LANDS UNLEASH TWO NEW TRACKS “CONTEXT: FEARLESS PT. 1”AND “RIGHT WAY BACK”A COLLAB WITH TRIAD OF LONG-TIME RUSH PRODUCERS,A ROLLING STONE PREMIERE AND AN EPIC MANDALORIAN-STYLE SCI-FI VIDEO MARK BREAKTHROUGH YEAR “The multi-part, three-years-in-the-making suite ‘Context: Fearless Pt. 1’ may well be one of the most overt Rush tributes ever attempted, with a direct…
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Alt-Rock Virtuoso & Self-Proclaimed Recluse BRANDON CHILD Reflects on Lost Love in New Single, “Time”
Alt-Rock Virtuoso & Self-Proclaimed Recluse BRANDON CHILD Reflects on Lost Love in New Single, “Time” YouTube — ”Time” Four months after releasing his highly-anticipated sophomore single, Brandon Child — the Toronto-raised alt-rock/pop musician — is back with a surprise, brand-new single all about getting over an ex-lover. It’s called “Time” and it shows that even though…
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“A Night Out” celebrates the glamourous nightlife we all miss, featuring top photographers, models, brands & hotels in a lush photobook launching Tues. March 30, to raise funds for Canadian healthcare workers
“A Night Out” celebrates the glamourous nightlife we all miss, featuring top photographers, models, brands & hotels in a lush photobook launching Tues. March 30,to raise funds for Canadian healthcare workers In a first for Canada, Toronto fashion photographer Isaiah Haber – www.isaiahhaberphotography.com – is thrilled to announce the production of a glamourous new charity photobook, “A Night…
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UCLA Friends Of Semel and Resnick Advisory Board Open Mind Program “And Then They Stopped Talking To Me”
UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute and Resnick Board for an Open Mind/#WOW program with Judith Warner, New York Times best-selling author of the critically acclaimed new book And Then They Stopped Talking to Me- Making Sense of Middle School. Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, Associate Professor at UCLA in the Department of Information Studies, will join Ms. Warner in…
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Moncton-Based Hip Hop Artist MICHAEL J. FOXX & Vocalist SYDNEY SEXTON Reveal “Duality” Collaboration
Moncton-Based Hip Hop Artist MICHAEL J. FOXX & Vocalist SYDNEY SEXTON Reveal “Duality” Collaboration Hot off the release of a handful of hot singles together in 2020, New York City-born, Moncton-based hip-hop artist Michael J. Foxx and Canadian singer/songwriter Sydney Sexton have released their first-ever full-length album together: Duality is available now! While Duality serves as the pair’s first…
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Trap-Soul Hip Hop Artist & Producer MARCUS HARAN Ventures to the “Otherside,” Touching on Topics Others Fear to Tread in New Single — Available Now
Trap-Soul Hip Hop Artist & Producer MARCUS HARAN Ventures to the “Otherside,” Touching on Topics Others Fear to Tread in New Single — Available Now Watch “Otherside” via YouTube Here Once again showing he’s unafraid to broach topics others fear to tread, Toronto’s trap-soul hip hop artist Marcus Haran drops his new single, “Otherside” —…
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Indie Alt Rock Breakout Artist Delyn Grey Observes Life’s New Normal in “Ghost Town” Under Bif Naked’s Management Wing.
As Seen On Obscure Sound, Tattoo.com, Art Publika Mag, LeFuture Wave, Indie Pulse Daily, Breaking and Entering, Alternative Nation, Paper Blog & MORE Canadian Indie Alt Rock Breakout Artist Delyn Grey Observes Life’s New Normal in “Ghost Town” Under Bif Naked’s Management Wing, “Ghost Town” Follows Latest Blogger Favourite “Battle” & Lands Ahead of Forthcoming EP, Disappointment…
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5 Juno Nominations for Justin Bieber, Jessie Reyez and JP Saxe among Canadian artists. “The Weeknd”(6 Nominations)not shutout , a hint to the Grammy Committee.
The Weeknd’s After Hours album, with hit singles “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” riding high on the Billboard charts, propelled the Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer to the top spot as the most nominated artist at the 2021 Juno Awards. During a virtual press conference on Tuesday, it was announced that The Weeknd received six…
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ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND: LIVE AT GREAT WOODS SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 DVD TO BE RE-ISSUED MARCH 26, THE BAND’S 61ST ANNIVERSARY; FAN-FAVORITE UNAVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND: LIVE AT GREAT WOODS SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 DVD TO BE RE-ISSUED MARCH 26, THE BAND’S 61STANNIVERSARY; FAN-FAVORITE UNAVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL YEARSThe ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND are excited to announce the re-issue of their acclaimed and platinum-selling LIVE AT GREAT WOODS DVD on March 26, their 61st birthday. Filmed for a Japanese TV special 9/6/1991, the original DVD release incorporated interview segments into the songs, but this…
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Rockers Cigar Club Release Heavy Hitting Double Single, “…Aliens” and “Swimmin’ in Gold” — Available Now!
Canadian Rockers Cigar Club Release Heavy Hitting Double Single, “…Aliens” and “Swimmin’ in Gold” — Available Now! Watch “…Aliens” via YouTube Here In preparation for the release of their upcoming debut album, Day, Now this May, Cigar Club — the Toronto-based rock band — have just released not one, but two brand-new singles: “…Aliens” and…
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CONVERSATIONABOUT NASRINSOTOUDEH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, THE GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER, AND THE FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION PRESENT AP INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CONVERSATIONABOUT NASRINSOTOUDEH AND HUMAN RIGHTS Banned Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Will Present a Message During Panel “Nasrin Sotoudeh should win the Nobel Peace Prize. She is a hero of our time, bravelychallenging misogyny and dictatorship.”– Nicholas Kristof, The New YorkTimes RSVP:https://amnestyusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YupiS2O9TFOKuvWewnyJEw Monday, March 8, 2021 – New York,…
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Pop-Soul Trap-R&B Artist OLENKA Plucks the Petals of Love in New Single, “Purple Rose”
Toronto’s Pop-Soul Trap-R&B Artist OLENKA Plucks the Petals of Love in New Single, “Purple Rose” Watch “Purple Rose” (Official) via YouTube Here At 50,000+ streams across platforms and rising, breakthrough Toronto pop-soul and trap-R&B artist Olenka plucks at the petals of long-distance love in this, her new single, “Purple Rose” — available now! “I recorded…
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Land of Big Numbers (Mariner, 2021), a collection of 10 short stories by Te-Ping Chen
In my junior year of college, I had the chance to study abroad. I chose Rennes, France, because I wanted to live with a French family—I wanted to be forced to speak, think, dream in French. In the eight months leading up to the trip, I sweated and saved, packed and repacked, and conjugated verb…
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THE SPEED CUBERS IS INCLUDED ON THE OSCAR® SHORTLIST OF FILMS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION
THE SPEED CUBERS IS INCLUDED ON THE OSCAR® SHORTLIST OF FILMS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATIONFOR THIS YEAR’S ACADEMY AWARD® FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Nominee – Critics Choice Documentary Awards Best Documentary Short “Perfectly tender and gripping.”– Esquire “Terrifically paced, touching, informative, and tense and unlike many movies (shorts or features) it feels like it’s exactly the right length.”– The…
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Puslinch, ON’s Alt-Rocker APRICITY Releases Smashing New Single, “All My Lies”
Puslinch, ON’s Alt-Rocker APRICITY Releases Smashing New Single, “All My Lies” Watch “All My Lies” (Official) via YouTube Here Months after bursting out onto the music scene without so much as a warning, Scottish-born, Puslinch, Ontario-based singer/songwriter Apricity has released her debut single and video, the alt-rock extravaganza, “All My Lies” — available now! The…